Crime & Safety

Fire Damages Campus Building at University of Chicago

No one was injured in the blaze that broke out Sunday morning.

A fire did “moderate damage” Sunday to a campus building at the University of Chicago, according to a Chicago Tribune report.

The building was empty and no was hurt in the blaze that started in a second-floor classroom and lounge area of Harold Leonard Stuart Hall, 5835 S. Greenwood Ave., the report stated. Fire alarms went off in the building at about 9:43 a.m., the report added.

Most of the damage the building sustained was from smoke and water, the report stated. Firefighters had the fire under control by 10:30 a.m., the report added.

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